Guest Bobby Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 Any members on here effected, looks bad :embarrassed: BUNDABERG, Australia — Flood waters swept through vast areas of northeastern Australia Saturday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes in a disaster one official said was of "biblical proportions". As Queen Elizabeth II sent her "sincere sympathies" to Queenslanders who rang in a damp new year, helicopters were being used to deliver food and other supplies to isolated towns. Up to 200,000 people have been affected by the floods, which have hurt the nation's lucrative mining industry and cut off major highways as the water rushes through sodden inland regions to the sea. "In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions," Queensland State Treasurer Andrew Fraser told reporters in flood-hit Bundaberg. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who on Friday toured inundated regions, said the floods had been devastating and would clearly have an economic impact. "We're still directly battling floodwaters -- we haven't seen the peak of the flood yet at centres like Rockhampton -- so the people of Queensland in many places are doing it tough today," she said.
B1K3R Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 I have 3 uncles living in Bundaberg and thank God they are all safe. Their houses are intact, not affected by the floods (apperantly they are build well off ground), but their fields (they are farmers) are all drowned with water and lots of damage to crops (i think they said they have potatoes at the moment) They are stuck at home cause most roads are flooded with water but at least they are safe. B!K3R
cartertucker Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 This is such a terrible thing ~ have been watching on the news So sorry for all those affected :hug:
Guest EM&M Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 They are shutting down Rocky today they are asking for residents to evacuate and the airport last flight has just closed before shutting down they are thinking until about 12th Jan. The river is due to peek on Wed. We are about 8 hours south thank goodness its horrible, the surrounding suburbs are already under water. :sad: Em x
Guest BrightonBoys Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 Thoughts and prayers to all affected. My brother in law and family are at Kinka Beach.
Guest Bobby Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 They are shutting down Rocky today they are asking for residents to evacuate and the airport last flight has just closed before shutting down they are thinking until about 12th Jan. The river is due to peek on Wed. We are about 8 hours south thank goodness its horrible, the surrounding suburbs are already under water. :sad: Em x The experts are saying this is climate change and things are only going to get worse all around the world with floods drouhgtsetc, I only hope they are wrong and it is just a one-off :embarrassed:
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 It looks horrendous and i hope no one loses their life, hopefully material things can brereplaced and it said that it is the worst floods in over 50 years, so hopefully it won't happen again in peoples life time.
Guest chris955 Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I don't think it will be a one off unfortunately, word is the current weather pattern is here for awhile and I reckon we will be seeing more of it. The experts are saying this is climate change and things are only going to get worse all around the world with floods drouhgtsetc, I only hope they are wrong and it is just a one-off :embarrassed:
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I have never known the useless - so called weather experts get it right, so hopefully it will be wrong these poor folk have suffered enough.
Guest Bobby Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I have never known the useless - so called weather experts get it right, so hopefully it will be wrong these poor folk have suffered enough. To be fair the weather men predicted these storms.
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 To be fair the weather men predicted these storms. I'm talking about next year and each year after that, any dingbat can predict bad weather from a current cyclone heading towards them.
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 The experts are saying this is climate change and things are only going to get worse all around the world with floods drouhgtsetc, I only hope they are wrong and it is just a one-off :embarrassed: So do i, these poor folk have suffered enough.
Guest Bobby Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I'm talking about next year and each year after that, any dingbat can predict bad weather from a current cyclone heading towards them. To be honest it is only the global warming experts who say the weather around the world is changing, I do not believe them to be honest and I think it is just natural earth cycle, but we are having some extreme weather these days,
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